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Virtual Open House- Saturday April 24, 2021
On Saturday, April 24, 2021, AcadeCap will host a virtual Open House. We look forward to showcasing our school and our programmes. Our virtual school tour will take you through our bright and spacious open concept learning spaces. We have 2 presentations for you, Welcome to the Primary Years
iSTEAM Fair – Grade 6
The Grade 6 students have been working hard on their science fair projects over the past few months. One group conducted an experiment looking at the effect of the melting ice caps. Another group looked at the effects of pollution on plant health!
iSTEAM Fair Update
Grade 2/3 students are working hard to build and design their iSTEAM fair experiments this week! All our experiments are about forces and structures, and we are excited to start testing them!
iSTEAM Fair – Our Experiment
“What happens to my plant in the terrarium? Will my plant’s habitat let it survive and be a good growing plant? I think that flowers need light to survive and I will see water slide down the jar like it is rain.” A.F. As explained by one of our Senior
VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Acadecap International School invites you to join our virtual open house on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. This event will include a virtual tour of our space, which will give insight into the COVID- 19 protocols implemented for this school year. Following the virtual tour,
2021 Summer Camps
Summer just doesn’t feel like summer at AcadeCap without our campers and coders bringing their laughter and eagerness to learn and have fun doing so. Last summer’s camps were set up differently due to COVID-19, but the laughter and learning continued remotely with our online AcadeCamp and AcadeCoders. Thank you
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Happy Diwali!
We had the privilege of being invited to the Ottawa-Carleton Hindu Temple to celebrate Diwali this week. It is so important for children to learn about different cultures so they can gain a sense of awareness and respect for varying ways of being that are different than their own. We
Charging into the Middle Ages
For their unit on Eras, the Grade 5-6 students have been exploring the Middle Ages. Divided into three overarching periods, Early, High and Late Middle Ages, the students learned about what events, people and other elements characterized each period. Beginning with the Early Middle Ages, they actively discussed why this
Self-Portrait: My Identity
One of the activities the students completed earlier this September was a self-portrait. Since the start of the year they have been exploring the concepts of culture, identity, values, and more through various beliefs (political, religious, philosophical). For this activity, they were prompted to critically reflect upon the EXPO’s unit
World Religion Map
There are numerous beliefs in the world. Too many to learn in a year. Therefore, students applied the “divide and conquer” mentality. They learned about the diversity of beliefs and values, and were able to agree on three overarching categories of belief systems: Religious, Political and Philosophical. They recognize that
Diving into “Who We Are”
This year the Grade 5-6 students will be doing their PYP Exposition, commonly known at AcadeCap as EXPO, or “The thing that must not be named”. EXPO is a year-long research project which culminates in an interactive and creative presentation open to the AcadeCap community. The topic of research this
OUTDOOR ED.
In our outdoor class, students learned the history of Thanksgiving in Canada and why this day became an annual national holiday. Students also made turkeys’ tails out of leaves where they had the opportunity to write down what they were thankful for. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog